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The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has confirmed that A Happy Wish is the winner of this year's HAF Script Development Fund Award.
The award was mistakenly presented to Heart: The Cleaning Company at the HAF Awards ceremony on March 20.
HKIFFS executive director Roger Garcia today said he had investigated the matter in the past couple of days and concluded that a genuine mistake had been made.
Two Taiwanese projects participated at HAF this year: Heart: The Cleaning Company, produced by Wolf Chen, which was selected as one of the 25 HAF projects; while fantasy animation A Happy Wish, directed by Jack Shih, was a contender in the script award category.
"There was a miscommunication between our HAF management and front-line staff which resulted in a mix up between the Taiwan projects and led to the mistaken understanding that the HAF project had won," said Garcia.
He added said HAF management had contacted the teams behind both projects: "HKIFFS has unreservedly apologised to both parties for the confusion caused. Our regrets have been graciously accepted by the relevant parties. The issue has now been resolved with their understanding and spirit of goodwill."
"There is no excuse for the error but I do recognise that HAF gave a record number of 14 awards this year and perhaps we did not anticipate well enough the potential for confusion. We are reviewing the system and will do better next year."
Sponsored by Bona Film Group and HKIFFS, the HAF Script Development Fund Award is designed to encourage exceptional Chinese-language screenplays in the region and comes with a cash award of $13,000 (HK$100,000).


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Maddy McCann Cops Release Sketches of Several Possible Kidnap Suspects
Televised appeal comes day after sketches of possible suspect are released.
LONDON Oct. 14, 2013 -- Scotland Yard have released new computer generated images of several men they believe could have snatched Madeleine McCann in Portugal six years ago.
The new leads, described as very significant by police, are featured in a 25 minute long British televised appeal for more witnesses and information. The video includes new interviews with Madeleine's parents and a reconstruction by actors of the events leading up to her disappearance.
Police have also raised the possibility that a burglar may have entered the family's vacation apartment in the resort town of Praia da Luz.
Madeleine was 3 when she went missing on May 3, 2007, while her parents dined with friends less than 200 feet away at a restaurant inside a hotel resort. What happened to her remains a mystery.
The case was closed by Portuguese police in 2008, but Scotland Yard launched its own review in 2011, followed by a fresh investigation in July this year. It says it now has a more accurate account of what happened the night Madeleine went missing, which has given new significance to sightings of people in and around Praia da Luz, including the men detectives are now trying to trace.
The focus of previous investigations had centered on a man seen walking away from the crime scene with a child in his arms. British detectives now believe they have identified that man, and have ruled him out of their enquiries.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood, who is leading the investigation, calls the developments a "revelation." His officers are now focusing on a later sighting of a different man. Witnesses saw the man walking away from the apartment carrying a small child at around the same time Madeleine's mother discovered she was missing.
"It is vital that we identify who he is," Redwood said. "The description of two different witnesses who saw him said he was a white man aged in his 30's with short brown hair, medium build, of medium height and clean-shaven. He was seen carrying a child aged 3-4 years old who had blonde hair and was possibly wearing pajamas. There may be an entirely innocent explanation of this man but we need to establish who he is to assist with our enquiries."
Police have also appealed for information on a number of unidentified "blonde-haired" men seen near the McCann's apartment on or around May 3, 2007. According to Scotland Yard, they may have been scoping out the family's routine and planning to abduct Madeleine. Some eyewitnesses have said the men looked Scandinavian, and were possibly speaking in German or Dutch.
A surge in the number of burglaries in the area around the time of Madeleine's disappearance, including in the same block of apartments, may also be significant. In addition, Scotland Yard are looking at what might have been a number of con men posing as charity workers collecting donations from vacationers in the area.
Detectives describe the new leads as significant, but believe there's still a long way to go in their investigation.
Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, have spoken about the events of the day that she went missing, and how they felt "upset, angry" when there were made suspects by Portuguese police.
Kate McCann has described the moment she realized Madeleine was no longer in the apartment.
"I guess I was looking at Madeleine's bed and I couldn't ...couldn't make it out, and I realized that she was not actually in that bed and I thought ahh...I wonder if she has woken up and gone through to our bed...She wasn't in our bed and that was the first time where I guess panic kicked in."
"When it's a special occasion, when you should be your happiest and Madeleine's not there, that's when it really hits home," Gerry McCann said in the televised appeal.
Praia da Luz is a popular vacation destination, so detectives are travelling to Holland, Germany, and Ireland to appeal for more information. The British TV appeal will also be shown in Holland and Germany, where most of the tourists in Praia da Luz come from.
Law enforcement agencies in 30 other mostly European countries have been asked for help in tracing people. British police are offering a $32,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and prosecution. Data from phone calls made in the area are still being analyzed by police. According to Scotland Yard, phone records were not looked at in detail during the initial Portuguese investigation.
Prime Minister David Cameron has voiced his support for the investigation. "I'm very pleased that Scotland Yard are doing this work," he said. "The Government has helped to fund the work that is being done. This was a crime that touched the heart of everyone in the country and everyone would like to see it resolved, so I hope Scotland Yard continue with their work and I wish them success."
Paul Luckman, publisher of 'The Portugal News', the largest English language paper in the country, is not so sure. "Six years have gone by and the case is over," he tells ABC News. "What can anyone realistically expect to find new?"


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+ What she did for love
In this case, it would be for the love of animals rescued by the Humane Society of Manatee County, which has been a no-kill facility since its founding in 1970. Its latest fundraiser is a 15-month "Paws and Passion" calendar featuring supporters au naturel, including Lillian Sands, photographed with her twin Malteses, China and Scout. The calendar had its first launch Nov. 17 and will have another from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 3, at The Polo Grill, in Lakewood Ranch. The wine-and-cheese event is free; the calendar is $20. For more information or to buy a calendar, call 747-8808 or e-mail [email protected]. And, no, the models were not wearing body suits.
+ 'Tis the season of wishes
Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Few donations are more satisfying to make. Especially if you do it before the year end during the "Season of Wishes" when up to $25,000 contributed to the Suncoast Sarasota Region chapter will be matched by a grant from JCI Chemical.
One opportunity is the fifth annual "Daydreams and Wishes" fashion show and luncheon, set for 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Michael's On East. Professional models will show "the best of Saks," according to General Manager Sally Schule. And Michelle Butler, regional director of Make-A-Wish, says the program will include "a very special, unusual wish from a 15-year-old boy that will bring down the house." More than that, she isn't telling.
There's also a brand-new event from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 12, at Michael's. Butler says, "We wanted to come up with something that's exciting and fun for the kids. And board member Phil Mancini said, 'Let's have Christmas in Candyland with Santa, mountains of sweets and all kinds of interactive edibles. The kids can decorate cookies, cupcakes, make s'mores.' Who knows what sweets he'll come up with?" Mancini and Michael Klauber are underwriting the event, increasing the yield for Make-A-Wish.
For more information or reservations for both events, contact Butler at 952-WISH or [email protected].
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Rarely have there been more people, more food or more music at Michael's On East than at Sunday's season opener brunch for the Sarasota Orchestra. There were 396 guests and food stations everywhere. Co-Chairwomen Marsha Panuce and Bunny Skirboll made good on their promise of "360 degrees of music" with stages on three sides of the ballroom and performances by the Sarasota Brass Quintet, the Sarasota String Quartet, the Sarasota Wind Quintet, the Sarasota Piano Quartet and orchestra principal harpist Cheryl Losey. This was a change of pace for the orchestra, which has traditionally opened the season with a pre-performance dinner that draws around 250 people. Separating the opening from a concert obviously broadened the potential audience and, as committee member Beathe Elden said, "Even in bad times, people want to have music lifting their souls." The only thing missing was Chief Development Officer Barbara Simon, who was in New York for the birth of a grandchild.
+ From too much love of living
A special item on the agenda for the American Academy of Psychotherapists meeting held last week at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota was the celebration of the life of Sol Rosenberg, Ph. D., who died Aug. 10 at age 87. He so loved his work that he saw patients at his home when he was no longer able to go to his office. Rosenberg will be long-cherished for his passion and compassion, humor and wisdom and, perhaps most of all, the twinkle in his eyes.
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Is that a man or a woman? … See unbelievable female impersonators at Divas Las Vegas at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23, at Michael's On East. Benefiting Community AIDS Network, it is one of the best shows in town. Jim Neal and Ron Carter, of Mr. Florist, started and continue to run the Divas After Dark series. Call them for reservations at 365-6922 … Happy birthday, dear dentist ... Dr. Charles Miller celebrated his 85th Nov. 13, at Café L'Europe, with his wife, Barbara, and friends from here and his hometown of Pittsburgh. Miller is still active in his practice and much loved by his patients … Now open to the public … the Bay Preserve at Osprey. The grand opening goes on all week with a Sarasota Crew demonstration at 4 p.m. Nov. 19, a "Jazzy Waterfront Picnic" (BYO lunch) from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 20 and a Fall Family Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 21. The Bay Preserve is a property of the Sarasota Conservation Foundation, founded in 2003 by Albert Joerger, to protect bays, beaches and barrier islands. The organization is changing its name to the Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, reflecting its more extensive operations …


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SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's children's advocate says two kids and their rehabilitated mother were not treated fairly by child welfare officials.
Bob Pringle said Wednesday it was correct for Social Services to take the boy and girl from their mother, who was a drug addict and prostitute. Pringle also said ministry staff initially took the right steps to reunite the family by working with the mom to help her get better.
But those efforts stopped when the ministry sought permanent wardship of the children in 2008 — even though policy says it should have continued.
That was unfair to both the mother and her children, Pringle suggested.
"We believe the decision to not provide concurrent planning and continue to work co-operatively with (the mother) may well have affected the bond between the children and their mother," he said in a report released Wednesday.
Pringle said once the relationship between child welfare workers and the mother dissolved, "adversarial positions became entrenched."
That led to fewer supervised family visits — even though they were court ordered — and a lack of consideration of the parent's progress or options other than permanent wardship for the children, he said.
The advocate's report noted that the mother turned her life around.
In April 2009, she told the ministry that she was addressing her health needs. She got her own home and completed two addiction treatment programs.
"This information was not assessed as progress ... and was not given due consideration in reducing the assessed risk," said Pringle.
The report said Social Services could have withdrawn the application for the permanent wardship and that the decision not to do so — with evidence of progress made by their mother — "was substantively unfair to the children."
"(The mother) and her children experienced shortcomings in administrative fairness. This needs to be acknowledged," wrote Pringle.
"To help this family move forward, we would like to see optimal, not average, supports put in place. Their road will not be easy, and every effort should be made to help this family succeed."
Pringle launched a rare administrative fairness investigation into the case in January after a court decision garnered media attention.
Last fall, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Geoffrey Dufour scolded provincial child welfare for ignoring court orders to arrange regular visits between the children and their mother.
Dufour said he was impressed with the young woman's remarkable turnaround from a prostitute and addict to a healthy and devoted mother. He ordered the children be returned to her.
The judge was not as impressed by social workers. He issued an ultimatum: explain your blatant disregard for the courts or face further action, such as criminal charges of contempt of court.
The government said in February that a provincewide review was underway to ensure compliance on all court orders. Ministry officials also said annual department audits would start to include a review of whether court orders were followed. Staff training was to emphasize that.
The advocate made five recommendations to the ministry, including two to review staff compliance with existing policies.
Social Services Minister June Draude said the government accepts the recommendations.
"We really regret that there were issues. I don't like the fact that the family was taken away from its mother, but at the same time I really believe that the social workers worked in what they believed was the best interest (of the children)," said Draude.
She said the ministry has learned from the experience. There are new protocols and systems in place to try to prevent something similar from happening again.
"I can't ever say the word 'never,' but I can say that our goal is to ensure that we minimize (it). We don't want it to happen," she said.
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Chicago (Feb. 28, 2012) — Chicago rarely does anything small. Why erect mere skyscrapers when you can have the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere (the 110-story Willis Tower)? Why settle for a few measly dinosaur bones when you can display the largest, most complete, best-preserved T. rex ever discovered (Sue at The Field Museum)? And have you seen the lake—as in Lake Michigan? Yeah, that's really big too.
And thanks to Chicago CityPASS®, travelers to the Windy City enjoy big savings (50 percent) on combined admission to the city's top attractions, including Skydeck Chicago, the observatory atop the Willis Tower. Thanks to the four glass floor balconies (collectively known as The Ledge) that provide an unobstructed view 103 stories straight down, Skydeck Chicago has been rated by Yahoo! Travel as one of the "World's Coolest Observation Decks."
Chicago CityPASS costs $84 for adults and $69 for kids (3-11). It includes prepaid admission tickets with a combined value of $169.30 to Shedd Aquarium (VIP entry), The Field Museum (all-access entry), Skydeck Chicago (Fast Pass entry), and two option tickets that give visitors a choice between either John Hancock Observatory (Fast Pass entry) or the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (VIP entry); and a choice between either the Adler Planetarium (VIP entry) or the Art Institute of Chicago.
New at the attractions in 2012 is The Field Museum's Abbott Hall of Conservation Restoring Earth, a permanent exhibit that made its debut in November 2011. A testament to The Field Museum's emphasis on conservation and sustainability, the exhibition is a treat for the senses. Huge, breathtaking visuals show portions of beetles, fish scales and butterfly wings, illustrating the stunning beauty of the natural world. Music, animation and humor are used to engage kids and adults as they learn about subjects ranging from why coral reefs matter to how ancient peoples practiced conservation.
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Final George Jones' Farewell Concert Lineup Revealed
George Jones was an unforgettable country music performer, so it's fitting that his farewell concert lineup at Bridgestone Arena is, well, unforgettable. The full performer list has been revealed, and it's chock full of some of today's most influential acts, as well as yesterday's favorites.
Jones' wife, Nancy Jones, is very happy with the end result, and says, "I am so excited how this show has evolved and I will be forever grateful to the artists that are coming to honor George. The evening might be long, but I don't think people will be upset as they will witness the best musical tribute Nashville has ever seen with so many artists performing George Jones songs."
If you thought the addition of Brad Paisley and Martina McBride was exciting, just wait until you set your eyes on the final list, which has an astounding list of performers that range the whole spectrum of the alphabet -- almost.
The lineup includes (in alphabetical order) Alabama, Alan Jackson, Baillie & the Boys, Big & Rich, Bill Anderson, Blake Shelton, Bobby Bare, Brad Paisley, Brenda Lee, Chad Warrix (Halfway to Hazzard), Charlie Daniels, Collin Raye, Craig Morgan, Dailey & Vincent, Daryle Singletary, Dierks Bentley, Eddy Raven, Emmylou Harris, Eric Church, Eric Lee Beddingfield, Gary Morris, George Strait, Greg Bates, Gretchen Wilson, Jamey Johnson, Janie Fricke, Jeanne Pruett, Jeannie Seely, Jessi Colter, Jett Williams, Jim Ed Brown, Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy C. Newman, Jimmy Wayne, John Conlee, John Michael Montgomery, Josh Turner, Kathy Mattea, Kentucky Headhunters, Kid Rock, Larry Gatlin, Lee Ann Womack, Lee Greenwood, Leona Williams, Lisa Matassa, Little Jimmy Dickens, Lorrie Morgan, Lynn Anderson -- and that's only halfway through the alphabet.
The rest of the performers taking the stage are Mandy Barnett, Mark Collie, Martina McBride, Megadeth, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, The Oak Ridge Boys, Pam Tillis, Patty Loveless, Ray Stevens, Reba McEntire, Rodney Atkins, Ronnie McDowell, The Roys, Sam Moore, Shooter Jennings, Stonewall Jackson, Suzy Bogguss, T. Graham Brown, Tanya Tucker, Teea Goans, TG Sheppard, Thompson Square, Tracy Lawrence, Travis Tritt, and Vince Gill.
Jones' widow was not kidding when she said it will be the best musical tribute Nashville has ever seen! Although the show is sold out, a special VIP package which includes a show ticket, a VIP pre-show reception with Mrs. Jones and other special items are available on a limited basis here.


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Four-star point guard Rysheed Jordan picked St. John's this morning, joining former UCLA head coach Steve Lavin in New York City. The Philadelphia product turned down hometown Temple as well as the Bruins.
Ranked No. 29 by Rivals.com and No. 53 by Scout.com, Jordan was the nation's highest-ranked uncommitted recruit after No. 1 prospect Andrew Wiggins.
The move leaves UCLA without much depth at the point after the departure of Larry Drew II. Ben Howland had said before his firing that Kyle Anderson would play full-time at the one on offense, but that may change under new coach Steve Alford. Incoming freshman shooting guards Allerick Freeman and Zach LaVine may also slide in for some minutes.


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A Weeknight Wine Pick from Serafina's Salomon Navarro
A robust, savory chardonnay that's great with seafood and white meats.
Wherein we ask local wine notables to make our weeknight drinking decisions for us.
Growing up in California's wine country, Salomon Navarro got a taste for wine, and an appreciation for the production of it, at his uncle's vineyard. After moving to Seattle for a relationship that didn't work, he stayed for the urban environment and the ocean. Navarro began working in wine and food service, first at Etta's and for the past thirteen years at Serafina in Eastlake. Now the wine director at Serafina and sibling bar Cicchetti, Navarro shares his rainy April recommendation with us.
So Salomon, what should I drink tonight?
A wonderful and affordable white wine from Washington that is familiar yet unique would be the 2012 Old Vine Chardonnay from Kestrel Vintners. Everyone is familiar with chardonnay flavors but this wine is made with a shy bearing clone of chardonnay that yields less prolific but more robust fruit from the oldest chardonnay vines in the state. This is a simple wine but has delicious savory flavors that make it fantastic for food pairing and a light refreshing quality that would please chardonnay and sauvignon blanc drinkers alike. The wine is also barrel-fermented and aged on the lees for ten months for richness, yet it's not cloying as some warmer-climate chardonnay can be. This wine is lovely with seafood and white meats with any kind of citrus or stone fruit set.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lots of people took their sweetie out for a nice dinner or date for Valentine's Day, but more than 50 couples took a trip to the alter.
Paxon Revival Church on the Westside offered a free mass wedding for couples in the area.
Through donations, the church was able to offer free wedding dresses and suits pre-marital classes and unforgettable memories.
"We tried to get married but didn't have money, now we're doing it, 5 years later," said Marina Powers.
Marina Powers and Nathaniel Raffety said when they heard about the free wedding Paxon Revival was hosting, they didn't think twice.
"I'm nervous, it's my first real wedding," said Marina.
Paxon helped Marina through the wedding proces, even offering her a free gown for the big day. But it's bittersweet, because it's something that she won't be able to experience with the person who matters most - her mom.
"I'm missing my mom, but I got all this church family here," said Marina.
Marina said her fiancé and people she has met through the church have helped her get through it.
While some will be exchanging 'I do's' for the first time, others are walking down the aisle for a second time.
"It's real special, it's been 6 years – a long time and we just think it's about time… a fresh start basically," said Shynees Thomas.
It will be deja-vu for Shynees and Tyrone Johnson, who got married at Paxon Revival during a mass wedding.
"My fondest memory was when she was coming down the aisle to me and I felt so good, but I felt so nervous," said Tyrone.
Six years later, the nerves are still there.
"Wedding jitters, yes. I got it right now -– bad. Hands sweating and all," said Tyrone.
Year after year, Pastor Steve Dobbs said he tries to make this mass wedding as memorable as possible. Every couple saying their vows individually.
"I want the community to know and everybody else to know I heard the man say 'I do' and I want the girl – her mom to hear 'I do' and know he's going to take care of her," said Pastor Steve Dobbs.
Couples who were renewing their vows were also able to be a part of the free wedding if they contacted Paxon Revival Church by noon Friday.


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Swedish Archaeologists Discover Unknown Ancient City in Greece
Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have begun exploring a previously unknown ancient city at a village called Vlochós, five hours north of Athens. The archaeological remains are scattered on and around the Strongilovoúni hill on the great Thessalian plains and can be dated to several historical periods.'What used to be considered remains of some irrelevant settlement on a hill can now be upgraded to remains of a city of higher significance than previously thought, and this after only one season,' says Robin Rönnlund, PhD student in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg and leader of the fieldwork.
I don't know about blaming the Romans, though.


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While the TPB's founders are quite nonchalant about the entire affair and are using a reverse scare tactic at the perceived aggressors, it is odd to see warrants against the website that has recently switched from being a .torrent-file heavy website to just a list of magnet links that can easily fit into USB flash drive. Thus even if the police manage to pull down the website, multitudes of clone sites will inevitably pop up across the world.
TPB also staunchly maintains that the site itself does nothing illegal (which is true) and that it is not responsible for its users' usage of the website and thus they are going to stand ground. In their own words:-
"We're staying put where we are. We're going no-where. But we have a message to hollywood [sic], the investigators and the prosecutors: LOL."


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - How Much Do I Have Pay The Local School Officials For A Job? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in How Much Do I Have Pay The Local School Officials For A Job? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Taiwan View previous topic :: View next topic How Much Should a Foreign Teacher Pay in Bribes For a Job in a Public School? 1000 to 5000 (A Citizen's Vote in Taipei) 33% [ 1 ] 5000 to 10,000 (Hit and Run, Stay Out of Jail Card) 0% [ 0 ] 10,000 to 30,000 (Tip to Your Doctor for Not Killing You) 33% [ 1 ] 30,000 to 50,000 (Generic Fee For Favors From Civil Servants) 0% [ 0 ] 50,000 to 100,000 ( Generic Fee for Favors From Elected Officials) 0% [ 0 ] 100,000 to 200,000 ( Appointment to a Civil Service Position) 33% [ 1 ] Total Votes : 3 Author Message EODJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 167Location: Taiwan Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 1:19 pm Post subject: How Much Do I Have Pay The Local School Officials For A Job? I have been told by many of my friends in the public school system here in Taiwan, that a bribe of 120,00Nt is required for an appointment as a public school teacher. I want to work in the public school system here in Taiwan. I am a foreigner but very qualified. I have several international teaching certificates. How much do I pay and to whom? Last edited by EOD on Thu Feb 06, 2003 8:48 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top OkamiJoined: 25 Jan 2003Posts: 121Location: Sunny Sanxia Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2003 6:23 pm Post subject: Paying for hell? But do you get the same pay with benefits? I would take $40,000NT/month if it included the savings acct with a guaranteed 18% interest rate, plus all the other goodies. For this a bribe of $50,000 would be ok with me as long as it came with a 3 year contract. Paying for it though? Hmmm? Paying for what? As the offer stands now, I wouldn't pay for it. They'd have to sweeten that pot a little for me to take a pay cut and walk into a school of angry Taiwanese teachers with classes of 30-50 students versus my average class of 12 students with Chinese teachers who like me a lot. For that I'd pay the normal $1000-5000NT for the medical and ARC, which I would consider a bribe. I checked about paying for a public teacher's job and my gf says it happens. I was a bit shocked. I'll have to start asking around about this. I work with licensed teachers at my kindergarten. I'll have to get them to share some secrets with me. I never imagined that people would pay for such a job. Is it really that secure once your hired? I mean what's stopping them from hiring you for only one year and then just firing you for some bogus reason? CYA Okami Back to top AristotleJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 1388Location: Taiwan Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2003 9:26 am Post subject: You Have Already Paid Most English teachers in Taiwan have to pay a kickback to the manger for a job. It comes in the form of work deposits, brokerage fees, misappropriated tax withholdings or a little creative accounting to deduct the fee directly from a teacher's pay, without them even knowing. 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- 2 1-pound boneless Moulard duck breasts with skin
- 1 1/2 cups kosher salt
- 1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
- 5 juniper berries, cracked
- 3 bay leaves, crumbled
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- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
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Rodrigo Hamede, of the University of Tasmania, studies Tasmanian devils in the wild. He shot videos of some of the endangered carnivorous marsupials after he and his colleagues conducted a study of how much contact devils had with one another in Narawntapu National Park, on Tasmania's northern coast.
The research project had required outfitting the animals with radio collars. After the investigators obtained the necessary data, they had to recover the collars. So, the group set nonharmful traps and positioned video equipment to help capture approaching animals. To lure devils to the desired location—and position—the team hung a carcass on a tree—a placement that induced the animals to look upward, exposing their necks to the camera and revealing the presence or absence of a collar.
The four videos were shot in winter, when the animals reproduce; hence, some of the females who visited the site still were carrying their young in their pouches.
Read more about threats to Tasmanian devil populations in "The Devil's Disease," in the June 2011 issue of Scientific American.
Videos courtesy of Rodrigo Hamede


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Richard Godwin
Our judge for the 4th Creative Writers' challenge of this year, was born in London and obtained a BA and MA in English and American Literature from King's College London, where he also lectured. He is also a published poet and a produced playwright. His stories have been published in over 29 anthologies, among them his anthology of stories, Piquant: Tales Of The Mustard Man. You can find out more about him at his website www.richardgodwin.net, where you can also read his Chin Wags At The Slaughterhouse, his highly popular and unusual interviews with other authors.
Richard is the author of critically acclaimed novels Apostle Rising, Mr. Glamour and One Lost Summer.
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His fourth novel, Noir City, will be published next year in English and Italian by Atlantis. In it a Gigolo seduces the wife of a Mafia boss and is hunted across Europe.
Thank you Richard for that background information and a new addition to our manner of posting our monthly challenges.
The prompt for our October Challenge was:
While preparing your garden at the beginning of spring, you find the blueprints for your house buried in the earth. When you pull it out and examine it, you find that there is a room in the blueprint that doesn't exist in your house. Both disturbed and intrigued, you set off to find the missing room. Write what happens next?
There was a slight change if someone wanted to base the story in Bahrain and that was that the blueprints could be found in some location other than 'buried in the earth' such as at the back of a shelf, in a box anywhere. The rest was left up to their imaginations. The word count was for 2000 words and all our entrants stayed well within the specified limit. Congratulations to our winners.
The following were selected as our winners:
In 1st Place we have Rebecca Young
Congratulations, Rebecca you've won first place for the third time!
They had seen a dozen villas that day, but when the realtor showed Kate and Matt the Paradise Palms development, they were sold. It was a huge, new development, still under construction. It aimed to be the premier housing destination for young, hip families in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Paradise Palms had everything on their wish list. It was huge, a labyrinth of quiet streets- all named for exotic flowers. Sidewalks lined every street, perfect for morning jogs, weekend bike rides and nightly strolls with Ella, who was almost 2.
At the front and center was the heart of the development, the clubhouse. The clubhouse included a playroom, a mini-theater, a conference room, a spacious workout room and a party space. Outside was a huge pool, chilled in the summer, heated in the winter, a nice lawn area with two picnic gazebos, a large playground and some tennis courts.
"I love all this! Just think, we'll be able to entertain here. You'll be able to play doubles, maybe there will be a playgroup for Ella. It will be perfect," said Kate. The villa they decided to lease was several curved streets away from these amenities, on Hibiscus Lane, tucked away in a quiet corner of one of the first phases. Kate loved it because it had a larger yard and there would be less traffic.
"It will still be a while before Ella's riding her bike around," remarked Matt. "But it will be perfect when she is older."
The development was brand new and over half of it was under construction. The empty streets with shells of houses in various stages of construction were a little eerie, another reason they chose their villa, on a street farther along the path to completion. A large empty space was kitty-corner from their villa.
"I'm sure it will be built up soon now that the economy is picking up," assured the realtor.
So the couple signed the lease and in less than a week, they moved from their hotel into the villa. Their house was five bedrooms, which had seemed a little excessive for the three of them. Just more spaces to furnish. But one could serve as an office for Matt and the other could be a playroom for Ella, even though her room really was large enough for all her toys.
Given a generous furniture allowance from Matt's company, Kate enjoyed outfitting the house. Their shipment came less than a month later. It was providential; Ella had become bored with the small selection of toys they had brought in the carry-ons. And Kate was feeling so homesick for her family pictures, their throws and pillows, her owl-shaped kitchen timer; homesick for all those touches that transform a house into a home. Once they were unpacked and carefully placed, Kate finally felt settled in. Just like that, Villa 264 was home.
"I love living here," remarked Matt, coming home sweaty from some early morning doubles.
"It is paradise," said Kate.
The only fly in the ointment was the fact that the development seemed to screech to a standstill. Partially completed villas remained unfinished and no new ground was broken. The empty parcels of dusty earth drove Kate crazy. Especially the lot kitty corner across the street, because all that empty expanse of dirt blew across the street and into her house, sneaking in through the gaps and windows. A fine layer of sand coated everything, her counters, the floor, the fruit in the fruit bowl.
They had lived in Paradise Palms for nine months when Kate had to go to the development's main office to register their new car for a security sticker. She had walked there, with Ella in tow, asleep in her stroller.
"Hello? Anyone here?" Kate asked as she pushed her stroller through the door. She walked over to the desk, where the secretary, Jeanie, had left a note that read: "Out to lunch, back at 2 p.m."
Since it was a quarter till two and Ella was still asleep, Kate decided to just wait in the office. She sat down and picked up one of the complementary magazines. She quickly discovered she had already read this issue of Bahrain Confidential. Bored, she looked around the office.
Across the room, one wall was covered in a huge poster, an artists rendering of the aerial view of Paradise Palms. It was a little difficult to decipher at first, but Kate oriented herself and was able to see just how large and ambitious the development was.
While looking at the rendering, Kate spotted several features in the master plan that were not yet built. There was supposed to be a small mosque and cold store in the southeast corner, by Gate Two. Over off of what appeared to be Magnolia, there was supposed to be a play structure in an empty lot. And there, on Hibiscus Lane, just kiddie-corner from their place, was another park. The artist had chosen to illustrate this with swings, a play structure with a good-size slide and some monkey bars.
"This will be fantastic for Ella!" Kate said to herself. "I hope they get to it sooner than later."
Just then Jeanie walked in, back from lunch and started cooing over Ella, who woke up when the door banged open. She secured the car tag and dreamed the whole walk back of their own playground, just across the street.
"Guess what?" she asked Matt that night. "There is going to be a park across the street from our house in that empty lot!"
"If they ever get around to it," was his pessimistic reply.
Month after month Kate watched the lot, dreaming of the fabulous play space Ella would have, just a stone's throw away from the house. They could go there every day, not worrying about bringing along water bottles and snacks and worrying about bathroom timing, because they could just dash home and dash back. As Ella got older, she might be able to play there herself while Kate watched her from her front porch or while puttering around in their garden. It would be perfect.
They had gone to Dubai for a long holiday weekend and when they returned late at night, Kate noticed some construction vehicles had arrived while they were away.
"Oh look, they are going to work on the park," she remarked to Matt as they were hauling the suitcases inside.
But shortly after midnight, stadium lights flooded their bedroom and the deafening sound of idling semis filled their house, punctuated here and there by back-up beeps, revving engines and bang-clanks.
"What on earth?" said Matt, going to the window to investigate. "I don't think they are building a park, babe."
"You think?" she quipped, crossly. Just then Ella woke up and came to sleep with them. They passed an awful night, trying to block out the sound and light. Finally at 6 a.m., the noise knocked off, just in time for Matt to wake up and get ready for work. Kate tried to stay in bed with a restless Ella, but figured going back to bed for maybe another hour until Ella woke up just wasn't worth it.
"What do you suppose they were doing?" she asked Matt. "Drilling an oil well. Only thing it can be. I'll ask Bob, he might know," he answered. "But I doubt they're finished. We better brace ourselves for another night." Matt's words turned out to be prophetic. It wasn't just another night, it was two and a half weeks of drilling. Kate put up blackout curtains on top of their shades and ran fans at night to try to block out some of the noise, but they were still on edge and exhausted by the end. The drilling always started late and night and finished just after the first call to prayer.
"Why, oh why, does it have to be at night?"
"Something about the gases and it being cooler. And Bob said if we ever hear an alarm, that means they hit this poisonous, odorless gas they run into some time. He said we need to go to the roof right away until it dissipates."
"So there is a chance they could hit a gas that could kill us and they didn't think to warn us?" Kate was incredulous.
"Hey, it is paying for our lifestyle and we drive a car. We have no room to complain about a little oil well," said David. Kate stuck her tongue out at him, which she knew was childish but it made her feel better.
Kate stewed over the oil well the whole time. Ella was crabby due to the lack of sleep, then got sick, so they were housebound. From her room, Kate could see the cranes parked, the equipment at the ready for another night of drilling. She kept thinking about how that was supposed to be her park! Ella's park. Were they going to still fit a park in front of the well? That was the main selling point of Paradise Palms after all: the green spaces and the parks, not dirt lots, construction noise and oil wells. Finally one day, all fired up, Kate decided to walk over to the development's main office and get to the bottom of things. Thankfully, Ella crashed out in the stroller the minute they turned the corner.
Jeanie greeted her, "How can I help you today?"
"Hi. I want to know why they are drilling an oil well across the street from my house?" asked Kate.
"You must live off of Hibiscus. We have been getting some complaints, but they are approaching the end of the construction, right on track, within the 20 day estimate."
"Yes, but why is there an oil well there?" asked Kate.
"Because there is oil there?" said Jeanie, puzzled.
"Obviously, but I thought it was supposed to be a park!"
"Oh no. Oil well. Not a park. But we have a lovely park just off of Orchid and of course there is the one right out here.
"But on the master plan, it shows one right across the street from us," said Kate, trying to be patient.
"Oh, that thing?" said Jeanie, looking at the wall. "That was before we got government approval for our plans. That was the sales pitch to investors. Not a real master plan."
"But why do you have it up then, if it isn't what the development is actually like?"
Jeanie shrugged. "It looks nice. And it would have been nice if we could have done all that. See how much bigger the clubhouse and park are on there? And see the third gate there? And this extra bit of walking trail? You have to dream big, then scale back. It is still a nice development. Just a pity about the oil well. But it should be done and dusted soon enough."
"Yes, a pity," said Kate, feeling foolish. The differences were glaringly obvious now that Jeanie pointed them out. "Well, thank you."
She took the sleeping Ella back home. When she got to her villa, she turned to the lot, where the oil pump stood, partially installed.
"Khalas," she sighed. "Not a park." Kate was grateful Ella didn't realize she'd been cheated out of slides, swings and a jungle gym. She thought about some of the other wells she had seen. Once in a while, they would paint them like giraffes, zebras or birds. "Hmmm… I wonder what it would take to get them to paint it?"
And with that, she went inside, put Ella down for a nap and got online to look for play structures for their back yard.
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"I'm not your gardener!" I moaned as my mom handed me the gloves and a shovel. It was the first day of summer and I'd just finished my freshman year of college. I needed a couple of days to de-stress before my summer job as a camp counsellor started.
But mom had other ideas. Apparently, she missed the free manual labour I provided, pre-college. She decided that it was time to say goodbye to the old apple tree in the backyard, the one that had been slowly dying since I was in diapers.
She smiled a sweet smile, kissed my head and gently shoved me out the door.
"I'll bring you some sweet tea in a bit, dear!" she promised, shutting the door. I knew she planned to spend the day in her sewing room, working on a hand-made wedding dress she had been hired to make. She was going to make $10,000 for this one job, which was why I had to be the one to uproot the apple tree- she couldn't risk hurting her hands.
Grumbling, I marched towards the tree. As far as I remembered, it had never produced a single apple in the twenty years we'd lived in the house, though mom told me that the previous owners had used it as one of the main selling points- fresh apples whenever you wanted. It had supposedly been planted eighty years ago, when the house was first built.
I started digging, hoping to get the whole project over and done with as soon as possible. It was already hot and extremely humid- summer in Savannah always was. I had been digging for about thirty minutes when my shovel struck something harder than the dry Georgia earth. I hit it again and it made a hollow, wooden thud. With a renewed energy, I quickly dug up a wooden box. It was about the size of a breadbox and it had been nailed shut. It looked hand-made and it definitely appeared to have been there a while.
Dropping the shovel, I hurried to the tool shed to grab some of my dad's long-neglected tools. I sat on the edge of the patio and worked at opening the mysterious box. When I finally cracked the lid, I discovered it had been lined with tin to protect another smaller box, this one an old, expensive looking lock box. Someone had gone to great extremes to protect whatever was inside.
I felt like a detective, working to open this new box, not knowing what I would find inside. I hammered, banged, poked and kicked until finally, the lock fell away, winking at me in the morning sunlight.
I was disappointed to say the least- it was nothing but some old blueprints and a key that I distractedly stuck in my pocket. Still, it was better than digging up a tree. Maybe they'd be of interest to someone- dad perhaps. Looking more closely, I noticed that they appeared to be the original blueprints to our house, back before the garage had been added on and the kitchen expanded.
Smiling, I walked my fingers over the blueprints, taking my home-from-school-route from the front door to the kitchen to my bedroom when I noticed something strange. Between the dining room and the stairway, there seemed to be an extra room.
No one had ever mentioned this room to me.
Scooping up the blueprints, I headed inside. I could hear mom's sewing machine humming and I knew better than to disturb her when she was in sewing-mode. She could be a scary dragon lady when she was working.
Feeling like a detective, I went into the dining room and knocked on the wall that ran alongside the stairs. But it didn't really do me any good, since I didn't know what I was listening for. So I went around to the stairwell. Trying to make as little noise as possible, so mom wouldn't catch me inside instead of outside, I started to move things out of the closet. It took me thirty quiet minutes to make enough space to be able to fit into the closet. The closet had a sloping ceiling that ended in a point at the base of the stairs. When I was little, I used to pretend it was a secret fort. But if there was a room on the other side of the wall, it would stand to reason that there would need to be a door, and in all the time I spent in this space as a child, I had never noticed a door.
I started knocking on the wall again, not sure what I was listening for, hoping it would be a movie moment and I'd know it when I heard it. And sure enough, I did. As I squeezed myself down into a squat position near the back of the closet, I knocked and it sounded different. It sounded hollow. Could there really be a door behind this wall? How did I not know about this? I poked my head out of the closet and heard my mom's sewing machine still whining. I was probably safe for a little longer.
I ran outside and got the hammer and brought it in the closet. I tap-tap-tapped along the wall until I found the spot where the sound changed. Knowing I was probably going to get in so much trouble, I hit the wall with the hammer and felt the satisfying give of the dry wall. I pulled down the rest with my fingers and found that there was, indeed, a door behind the dry wall. Someone had put a wall over the existing wall specifically to cover this door, it seemed. The door was small- if I was going in, I was going on my hands and knees. There wasn't a handle, only a keyhole. The key from the lock box! I pulled it out of my pocket and put it in the hole- it fit, of course. I turned the lock and slowly pushed the door open.
At first it was too dark to see. I felt along the wall but couldn't find a light switch. I almost had a heart attack when something brushed up against my face, then I realized it was the pull string for a light. I pulled it and it took my eyes a second to readjust.
When they did, I was confused and then horrified. The room, which was long and so narrow that I could touch both walls with my elbows when my hands were on my hips, was covered with newspaper clippings and articles about murders. The newspaper articles dated back more than twenty-five years and were from big cities all over the US- Houston, Washington D.C., Portland, and San Francisco. And Savannah. Cities where my parents had lived.
Young girls had been murdered in every city. Their heads had been cut off and placed on their stomachs with their hands propped up and holding the head in place, like a gruesome Jack-o-Lantern. The killer had left their eyes open. Their lips had been sewn shut.
"Oh my God," I whispered. The girls were all sixteen to nineteen years old. They had all been good girls from good families. They had all gone missing from their high schools or colleges.
The sudden realization sickened me. My dad was a college professor. He had taught at all the colleges that the girls had attended. He sometimes guest lectured at local high schools. He was kind of weird, a real introvert. I remember him asking my mom to teach him to sew, so he could fix seams or rips when he was traveling. He was terrible at it.
Panicking, I knew I had to get my mom out of the house- we had to leave before he got home from work. Whirling around, I gasped as I ran straight into my mother who had somehow managed to crawl into the small room without me hearing. My heart was pounding.
"Mom, we have to leave! Dad might be a serial killer! Look at this…" I trailed off when I noticed that she was calmly blocking the doorway, holding up a needle and thread in one hand and a dress in the other. The look in her eyes, though, was maniacal- like nothing I'd ever seen. "What are you doing? What is this… all this about? Mommy?" I whispered.
She started at the word mommy and for a second, I saw the mother I knew- the one who baked cookies and was president of the PTA; the mom who had driven me to gymnastics and Girl Scouts. My mom, who insisted on family Christmas pictures in matching sweaters and who woke me up every year on my birthday at 4:26am with a cupcake.
"It shouldn't really be you," she started, talking to herself more than me. "I've been so good for so long, only a few girls here and there. You were such a good distraction. But you left. I've been bored," she trailed off.
"Mom?" I whispered again, terrified.
"I've been working on this dress for you," she said, holding an old-fashioned, high-collared dress up. "It's going to fit so nicely," she smiled, seemingly lost in thought. "This room is sound-proofed, you know? The people who built the house had a crazy mother-in-law who liked to scream and sometimes she would wander out of the house at night. This was the only place she couldn't be heard, couldn't escape from. It's a perfect space, really."
I whimpered.
"It was never supposed to be you," she muttered. "I should've buried the box somewhere else. Then we could've had apples… Then everything would have been okay."
She moved around me, dropping the dress to the floor. She ran her hands lovingly over the newspaper articles taped to the wall and started reading one of the articles.
" 'The clothes they wore were not their own- families and friends were able to say this conclusively. They were hand-made and fit each victim perfectly, as if they had been made specifically for them.' They were, you know? Made specifically for them. I saw them and could judge their sizes perfectly, even from across the campus. They never really appreciated the hard work that went into making those beautiful clothes."
Without warning, she spun around and took my face in her hands and started to squeeze. She forced me to my knees. I looked into her eyes and saw that my mom was gone, replaced by this other, insane woman. She held up the needle again.
"No one appreciates quality anymore. Your father won't be home for hours. It's time I gave you a sewing lesson," she said, closing the door behind her.


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The New York Times
At Party, Bloomberg Tips Hand on Endorsement
Lost in Recession, Toll on Underemployed and Underpaid
Obama's Nominee for Ambassador to Iraq Steps Aside
Running for the House on Pride in His Roots, and Pure Energy
Campaign Stops: Southern Baptist Convergence
Nocera: When ALEC Takes Over Your Town
Transcripts of Conversations Between Zimmermans Are Released
Marijuana Plan Appears Doomed in Albany
A Volatile Mix Fuels a Murder
Christie Orders Stepped-Up Inspections by State of Halfway Houses
The Christian Science Monitor
Will black voters grouse over Obama move to aid young illegal immigrants?
Mitt Romney defends his stance on taxes, rejecting revenue hike
Toll of US recession: Family net worth plunged 35 percent in five years
Immigration reform: Will the US go any further?
The Star Ledger
Voters may decide fate of record $750M bond referendum for college construction projects
Senate Dems agree to raise transportation borrowing limit to help Gov. Christie close revenue gap
Missing Drexel University student from N.J. found dead in Pa. river
New Jerseyans largely approve of law granting residency to young illegal immigrants, poll shows
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Poor schools still get short end
Atlanta City Council passes budget for fiscal year 2013
Chief of Atlanta AIDS agency stepping down
The Detroit Free Press
Rep. Gary Peters wins Black Slate endorsement in Detroit
Neighborhood Service Organization is closing in on goal to house homeless people in Detroit
Bobby Ferguson jury unclear on who he's accused of defrauding
Kilpatrick racketeering trial: Prosecutors to present mound of evidence on installment plan
DPS: Grads get $106M in college aid
The Washington Post
Supreme Court split over defendants' rights to confront crime-lab analysts
Why Ohio will be the 2012 grand prize
Latinos: Obama's big electoral treasure trove
Ala. immigration law casts long shadow
Musical chairs in D.C. Board of Education races
Backers of D.C. school voucher program strike deal with White House
Phil Mendelson launches official bid for full term as D.C. Council chairman
USA Today
Job market could scar college grads
Adidas 'shackle' shoe just latest sneaker gaffe
Senator proposes Juneteenth holiday
Zimmerman's jail calls discussed moving money
W.Va. Democrats to skip convention
The Los Angeles Times
East L.A. summer college classes get elusive
LAFD's data expert is stepping down
California lawmakers target linking of student IDs to test scores
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
What's the solution to childhood obesity? There isn't just one
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Weekend Cook and Tell: A Hanukkah Feast
Welcome to our Weekend Cook and Tell where each Wednesday we turn the pages of the food sections of various national newspapers in search of inspiration for a weekend cooking project. We hope you'll cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and photos here.
Happy Hanukkah, SE friends! December is without a doubt, one of the best food months of the year. For eight days and nights, we get to indulge in our favorite Jewish eats. Personally, I feel that Jewish comfort foods are top of the heap, bar none. Give me Max's Perfectly Fried Latkes or Carrie's Challah Pain Perdu with Vanilla Crème Anglaise, and I could hibernate for the winter in peaceful slumber.
The New York Times has posted 19 of their favorite Hanukkah dishes. Do you have an old family treasure trove of your own or will you be using a recipe of someone else's? Post your favorite Jewish comfort foods or Hanukkah feasts here and we can delight in the fried festival together.
Share your favorite Hanukkah recipes on Photograzing (make sure to include "Weekend Cook and Tell" in your submission title) and tell us about your recipes here! If you'd like to blog the experience, please leave a link in the comments below. You can now also pin your creation on your Pinterest board as well. Please use the hashtag, #cookandtell, and tag us, @Serious Eats in your pin's text.
We'll post a round-up of your ideas, recipes, and experiences the following Wednesday, December 19th.
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SACRAMENTO – Public transit projects across California are receiving bond
funds to upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, and
modernize transit stations to create jobs across the state. The 138
projects will receive $214 million from Proposition 1B, the 2006
voter-approved transportation bond, which includes $3.6 billion to improve
public transit in California.
"These projects are a direct investment in our state's public transit
system and will help energize California's economy," said Acting Caltrans
Director Malcolm Dougherty. "Not only will these projects help create jobs,
they will also reduce traffic congestion, protect the environment by
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and provide Californians an alternative
to rising gas prices."
Some of the notable projects receiving funding include:
Los Angeles
· $29.5 million to the San Fernando Valley Extension North/South Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT) to build a four-mile expansion on the existing Orange
BRT Line.
· $61.6 million to the Mid-City/Exposition Light Rail Project, an 8.5
mile corridor project, which will be the first to connect downtown Los
Angeles with the Westside and Culver City.
San Francisco
· $20.2 million to the Central Subway, a north-south rail/transit axis
connecting to the BART/Muni Metro subway.
· $720,000 to the city of Clovis to purchase seven clean-diesel buses.
· $1.3 million to extend the Fremont/Lighthouse Corridor Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) route seven miles from the Monterey-Pacific Grove border to
the western edge of Sand City.
San Diego
· $15.7 million to purchase 29 new light rail vehicles, which will
increase rider capacity and improve transit service throughout San Diego.
Kern County
· $2.2 million to replace older buses that emit more air pollutants,
with five cleaner Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses.
· $5.6 million to purchase 70 buses to replace ones that have reached
the end of their useful life.
Orange County
· $18.7 million for the Metrolink Service Grade Crossing Improvements
and Track Expansion Improvement Project which will open up track capacity
and improve safety for services in both directions between Fullerton and
Laguna Niguel/ Mission Viejo train stations.
For a comprehensive list of all projects that received funding, please
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Warrior Baby
by exercisebeforeknitting
I wonder if all that prenatal yoga paid off? Doesn't this look like the warrior pose?
I can't resist posting this one because I think it's so funny to see this little baby head popping out of the cavernous hole that is our kitchen sink*.
What's with all the baby pictures? You guessed it, there's little knitting to report – only a super lame FO and a really cool garage sale find.
Yarn: Regia Cotton India, who knows what colorway
Pattern: 60-stitch, stockinette socks with about 4″ of ribbing.
In the photo, one looks longer than the other but they're the same size in real life. These socks will go to my mom. Like I said earlier, I'm not so fond of the colorway but I did buy two skeins of Regia cotton to make socks for my mom so that's all there is to say. I'm tempted to cast on for the second pair soon just to get them done.
Next up, my $0.25 garage sale baby quilt. It's certainly a scrap quilt (and a tied one at that) but I couldn't resist it. It's light and soft and it's the kind of blanket that I would want if I were a baby.
* Concrete countertops look cool in magazines but let's not talk about what they're like to live with…


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The skin is not only our largest organ. It is probably also the most versatile at all. It is responsible for the entire change, from the inside to the outside and takes on many extraordinarily important functions. In addition, our internal organs in the form of reflex zones are reflected, for example, on the facial skin. i-like has set itself the task of actively supporting these great abilities. This is explicitly promoted with Bioresonance. By activating Bioresonance with basic i-like cosmetic products, the cell regeneration, the cell repair function as well as the osmosis (exudation of toxins and detoxification) are further promoted. The skin can regenerate, become smooth, vital and beautiful.
Reflex zones and acupuncture points have long been central to Asian culture when it comes to the well-being of man. They describe the connection of emotions and organisational affinity in a complex system. The reflex zones in the face play a decisive role, because our face can be described as a link between body, mind and soul in relation to the outside world. It is the mirror of the life we have lived.
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In my humble opinion I think it is about time to bring back the draft.
We are now involved in two wars and maybe three if you consider our activities in Libya. We now have many of our young men and women out of work and some are getting in trouble with the law. If we had a draft we could put many back to work in the military. We would be training our youth and giving them the education and the necessary skills to compete in private industry.
Todays' military has much to offer our young people, like positive goals and directions as well as a sense of duty and responsibility. I also feel this would reduce unemployment and promote growth for the economy because these men and women would be paying taxes. We have many of our young people who are highly educated and yet can't find employment. By establishing a draft we get to bring together many people from different works of life and numerous cultures.
We are involved all over the world and an all volunteer army will not get the job done to protect our vital interests. It is time to face reality as a nation in that we need our best and finest. Here is something else to think about: a year ago Congressman Charles Rangel proposed the same idea. His reason is that if there was a draft the rich power brokers would think twice about starting another war if their children would be force to fight and die. He made a good point. So let's do it.
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That's Weird!
List the weirdest things you can think of.
- Target Age: 4-7
- Learning Goals: creative expression, vocabulary, oral language development
- Related Episode: Martha's Pickle
Target Words
bizarre, odd, strange, wacky, weird
Play this "add-one-more" game with your family or a group of kids. If you are already familiar with "I Packed My Grandmother's Trunk," this game is very similar.
- Start by saying, Yesterday I saw something really weird. I saw... a dog wearing pants.
- The next person will repeat your sentences and add one more detail to the description. For example: Yesterday I saw something really weird. I saw... a dog wearing pants and riding a bike.
- Continue around the circle until a player decides to end the chain by saying, Wow! That's really weird.
- Start a new round using a different target word. I had a verybizarre sandwich for lunch. It was peanut butter and pickles.
- If you wish, you can add pictures to the "That's Weird" game. Draw a starter picture of the first weird thing you name then pass the paper and pencil to the next player who can add the new detail he or she names to the drawing.
Take it Further
Think of some wacky songs you know and sing them with your kids. Camp songs are good, such as, "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," "On Top of Spaghetti," "The Princess Pat," and others.
Related Books
- If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
What happens when you give a moose a muffin? Get ready to laugh as you follow a moose and a young boy through a very messy day.
- Down by the Bay by Raffi
Have you ever seen a whale with a polka-dot tail? Make up your own wacky verses to this popular nonsense song.
- Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other farm animals to ride bikes too.


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Looks like it won't run an F8 without using the brick. Unfortunate.
Quote from: pohaku on September 01, 2016, 11:45:26 AMLooks like it won't run an F8 without using the brick. Unfortunate.They just added a DC output option on the Pro version only.Direct DC Output Now Supports 5.5V - 20 V!Last week we introduced a new Omnicharge Pro upgrade perk. The universal DC Barrel Port can now directly output to charge other devices. We've been refining this functionality & are pleased to announce that the DC Output will now support any voltage between 5.5V to 20V with up to 0.1 accuracy. Users will be able to select their desired voltages which is extremely helpful for DSLR camera users.
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